As I prepare for my June 11 debut of Let it Be: The Beatles, January 1969 at Cook Memorial Public Library (413 N Milwaukee Ave, Libertyville, IL), I've found myself in need of transcriptions of the A/B Road recordings to supplement what is less than stellar audio fidelity. My next several blogs will be such transcriptions, starting with perhaps the most famous: the "fight" between Paul McCartney and George Harrison.

PAUL: It's not together, so that it's not sounding together.GEORGE: So we keep on playing until we find the bit.PAUL: Or we can stop and say it's not together.GEORGE: Yes. Then you've got to carry on until you get it together. I mean, that's all I'm going to play until it's found the blending with the rest.PAUL: Okay, well, you know, I never know what to say to that, because what I want to say is, “Now, come on” and play, you know. But I can't, you know, and we get into that one.…PAUL: See, if we can get it simpler and then complicate it where it needs complications. But it's complicated in the bit-GEORGE: It's not complicated. I mean, all I'm playing is the chords.PAUL: No, no, come on, you always gotta knock me when I say that. I'm trying to help you, but I always hear myself annoying you.GEORGE: No, you're not annoying me.PAUL: It gets so that I can't say...GEORGE: You don't annoy me anymore.PAUL: You know what I mean. But doesn't everyone agree that it's confused at the moment? So all I'm trying to say is let's get the confusion unconfused, then confuse it. But that's what we've been doing all afternoon. This is why we're not getting anything done. We're just rolling on with it, and we've only got twelve more days. So we've really got to do this methodically.…PAUL: I really am trying to just say, “Look, lads, the band, you know. Should we try it like this?” You know.GEORGE: It's funny, though, how it only occurs when we record the, um-PAUL: I know, on this one, it's like should we play guitar all the way through “Hey Jude”, and I don't think we should.GEORGE: Okay, well, I don't mind. I'll play whatever you want me to play. Or I won't play at all if you don't want me to play. Whatever it is that will please you, I'll do it.